Monday, June 18, 2012

Elliott Abrams converts to Sunni Islam

"Abrams said it was clear that what would emerge in Damascus would be a Sunni government that would not be allied with Iran and Hezbollah, and which – as a result – would take those two disruptive Mideast players down a notch."  But look what he said here:  "Abrams, who was responsible for pushing Bush’s strategy for advancing democracy, said an outcome whereby Assad remained in power would send the completely wrong message to every authoritarian leader in the region, The message, he said, would be that deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak made a mistake by not shooting at his own people, because had he done so – like Assad – he would have remained in power."  Somebody need to tell Elliott Abrams that Mubarak in fact shot more than a 1000 Egyptians.